Music Monday-- Preggers

 

It may seem weird, but I am about to tell you something that, up to this time, out of the whole wide world, only Gary knows. 

I had a theme song for each pregnancy.

Yeah, it’s a little out there, I know, but let me just tell you all about them.  You can click on the song title to listen and/or watch the video. 

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1. Tubthumping by Chumbawumba
   

This is crystal clear in my head as my prego song for Jack in 1997-98.  It was Christmastime and first-trimester nonstop morning sickness was raging while we drove to and stayed at Julia and Neil’s in Florida.  We were constantly hearing this song as it was very popular at that time, so Julia made up lyrics to suit my situation and I can still hear Neil singing it. 

The original and altered lines:

I get knocked down / I get knocked up
But I get up again  /  And I throw up again
You're never going to keep me down / Can’t  keep anything down

Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away

Wow, that really was quite clever, Julia!  Great memory even though it’s totally associated with me feeling my worst.

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2.  Smooth by Santana and Rob Thomas

This was my very favorite song of 1999 so it’s definitely the one that I associate with Grant.  It may or may not have contributed to the actual conception. 

In a motel near Kewanee, Illinois.

Ok, TMI, I know.  Eeeww! 

It’s one of those songs that if someone said even a portion of one of its lines, I’d instantly identify it.  Rob wrote it about his wife and I think that’s cool.  Plus, his hair was so excellent during this time.  Seriously!

These are some of my favorite lines and can’t you just feel that Latin beat when you read them?! 

Man, its a hot one
Like seven inches from the midday sun

My muñequita, my Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa

I could change my life to better suit your mood cause you’re so smooth

Gimme your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it

Except I always sing it:  fuggedaboutit

 

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3.   The Zephyr Song by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ok, it’s already been established that I love the Chilis, but did you know that I made Gary take me to see them on their By the Way tour in 2003 when I happened to be 8 months pregnant with Caroline at the time?  [And he parked at least 8 blocks away in a cheaper lot so we would not have to shell out the extra $3.  Some things you just never forget.]  It was May 7, and the little chickie ended up being delivered June 17, so yeah, I was pretty pregnant.  And I had floor tickets. 

As we entered Savvis Center downtown St Louis, the ticket person asked if I knew I had floor tickets.  Well, yeah.  She seemed concerned.  ??  I was puzzled.  As I waddled on in, another Savvis person immediately came to us and said for us to follow.  Huh?, but we did.  Then that person said that we would not be standing on the floor and would instead have seats, and we were escorted directly to them. 

I don’t remember at just what level, but they were decent enough seats, all because they had reservations about a hugely pregnant pushing-36-years old gal being on the floor in the mosh?  Looking back, I guess I am grateful someone intervened on my and the baby’s behalf, but at the time, I didn’t quite get what the problem was. 

As I remember, there were multiple opening bands (including Queens of the Stone Age and The Mars Volta), so by the time my Chilis actually played, my feet and back probably would have felt like one gargantuan monkey fist, so yeah, it probably turned out for the better that we got to sit.

The Zephyr Song was one on the Chilis set list that night, and then in the weeks following, I had many opportunities to watch this video while sitting up night after night with the newborn girlie, loving the music and the psychedelic images, and just wishing my post-baby silhouette matched the dancer girl’s. 
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4.  She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5

Now this one would be Sam’s song. It was released in 2004, and again, I sat up countless nights with him as a newborn and watched this video over and over as it was my favorite song at that time.  Ross, remember burning me a cd of Songs about Jane?  Still have it!

My very favorite line: 

I want to make you feel beautiful

Like Adam Levine was talking straight to me.

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Ok, probably more than you ever needed or wanted to know, and you are thinking, thank gah there were just four!

  That’s Music Monday.